[Kzyxtalk] Fwd: A proposal, and I need your collective memory....

[Tim Gregory]

no, you were obviously a mistake to  be included, and you proved it right away.
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At last, we're included in the conversation:

Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Jerry Fraley" <operations at kzyx.org>
> Subject: A proposal, and I need your collective memory....
> Date: February 29, 2016 9:06:19 PM PST
> To: "'Angela DeWitt'" <ms.adewitt at gmail.com>, "'General Manager'" <gm at kzyx.org>,
> <membership at kzyx.org>, <uw at kzyx.org>, "'Barbara Lamb'" <blamb at pacific.net>, "'Bob
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> "'Marvin Trotter'" <trotterm at co.mendocino.ca.us>, "'Michael Arago'"
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> Reed'" <mrdjreed at comcast.net>, "'Steve Garner'" <Sharonart_95432 at yahoo.com>, "'Tim
> Bray'" <tbray at wildblue.net>, "'Verge Belanger'" <contactverge at yahoo.com>
>
> I have a proposal in mind in regard to the Internet streaming side of the KZYX
> broadcasts
  Bear with me here:
>
> We currently create 3 streams in real-time:
>         96 Kbps, mono encoded as stereo with high sample rate (44.1Khz)
>         32 Kbps, mono encoded as ????? same sample rate [This is a target for
> “dialup” users,
>                                                                                            and
> like,
> when
> did
> I
> ever
> get
> 32K
>                                                                                            on
> a
> dialup,
> like,
> um,
> never]
>         96 Kbps, mono encoded as ???? (checking) for a Shoutcast server
>
> Now I draw upon the collective memory about the Shoutcast connection—is it used
> for anything real???  The main stream is used to feed the jukebox (and more on
> that later, soon
.)  Shoutcast is a stream frontend, an “Internet Radio” index of
> sorts, basically micro-streamer marketing, however, this organization is a radio
> station, we absolutely /are/ a marketing organization, we don’t need the shoutcast
> exposure, it draws consumers away from our main product and the outlets for
> consuming them.
>
> And in my opinion, that outlet should be of high quality.
>
> The proposal:   I want to totally eliminate the Shoutcast stream and dedicate that
> bandwidth to create a quality full-stereo stream.
>
> The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
> The Ugly—the small mixer that is used to control the levels on the streamer has
> reached the end of it’s life.  The thing operates so hot that over time the solder
> connections inside are suffering, the pan pot unseats and leaves the right channel
> at 0db, it’s annoying to have to check it so much.
>
> The Bad -- when I was untangling cables in the rack last night, I discovered the
> source audio for the rack is being drawn from an output meant for an FM
> transmitter—it’s not an audio output at all (it just so happens that the low end
> of the IF /is/ the MONO part of the signal, but it’s a signal meant to be
> connected to an audio input, so I’m just shaking my head on this one.)
>
> The Good – the AudioIP system blade in the rack has many extra outputs (only one
> really used, that’s the transmitter digital feed), and I want to create an analog
> mirror output and feed that to a new little mixer, ultimately creating a stereo
> input to the streamer device.
>
> [Oh, I see Johanna is already on top of the sound of The Bad and The Ugly in a
> different email.  Awesome!   So, memories, feedback, help me out here folks, I
> want to move forward unless the current configuration is critical to some world
> domination plan
 J
>
>
> Thanks all for tolerating my soapboxing!
>
> Jerry Fraley
> Interim Operations Director
> KZYX-FM & KZYZ-FM
> 707-895-2324
> jerry_fraley at yahoo.com
>
>

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